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Apple CEO Tim Cook and software engineering chief Craig Federighi will be summoned to testify in the ongoing Apple vs. Epic legal battle, a judge said this week.

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The court filing, first shared by iMore, says that Apple had already agreed to make Cook a "document custodian." Apple wanted a condition that would limit Cook's deposition to four hours, but the court says that the condition is not appropriate as Epic will not be able to assess necessary deposition length until the full range of documents in the case are made available.

Apple wanted to have Erik Neuenschwander serve as a second document custodian instead of Craig Federighi, but the court has ruled that Federighi should be the one to testify in the dispute.

Apple also must provide extensive documentation and data related to an App Store study conducted by Analysis Group that compared App Store fees with fees from other platforms. Apple had not been planning to share those documents under an attorney work product privilege as Apple is also using Analysis Group as an expert consultant, but the judge said Apple has to provide the information to Epic.

Epic has complained that it is skeptical Apple has produced all relevant employee communications, as some emails included hyperlinks to cloud-based documents and Epic has to ask Apple to provide each of the linked documents. Epic wanted Apple to provide all hyperlink documentation, but the court sided with Apple on this point and said that Apple does not need to identify all hyperlinked documents because of the burden of the work. Apple does, however, have to provide hyperlinked documents for a "reasonable number of emails."

The Apple vs. Epic dispute will continue on with smaller matters such as document requests over the course of the next several months as the two companies prepare for their July 2021 hearing where they will battle it out in court.

Article Link: Tim Cook and Craig Federighi to Testify in Apple vs. Epic Battle
 
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It all started when a certain school bus ran over an Apple. The Apple was upset, especially since it owned the property on which the school bus was riding on.

“What say you, battle bus, running over our orchards, dancing for our attention, and closing in on us with blue circles and forts? We provided you with the land for a nominal fee, and you can pass that fee onto your customers.”

“Hello Apple, we want to pay little rent for these lands. Our battle bus can fly, so we don’t need your roads.”

“Yeah, but, you’re still flying over our lands and want to be compensated for bringing people to your battle bus and giving you a place to park it.”

“We have Thanos.”

COVID has made me remarkably bored at times.
I miss going outside.
 
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This seems to be less interesting as it happens.

I'm not sure if Epic Games continues to believe they're going to win or, if the lawyers just can't let their reputations die quietly.
 
I start to wonder if discovery is the point of all of this. Is there something that Epic thinks they're going to prove from the documents produced, or are they hoping to find something in the documents once they're produced?

Or are they hoping to gain business insight from the documents independent of the court case?

This is where I should just stop watching. I don't need to see the sausage being made...

Get Eddy Cue on the stand though and I'll tune in hoping for a "you can't handle the truth!" moment.
 
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Hhhmmmm, Apple tries to limit Tim Cooks time on deposition, Apple does not want Craig Federighi to testify and tries to get Eric Neuenschwander instead. Apple tries to get documents withheld from Epic. This is not a sign that Apple is confident that it is going to win.
Oh no it's just obvious that you DON'T want Apple to win based on your post. Guess what, they will. Guess what, you're wrong.
 
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